The Official non-auto Image thread

This is a discussion on The Official non-auto Image thread within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Hey guys,
those are some really great pics. I am a newbie to this forum and am really glad to ...

@TSEA
I have not worked on GIMP or Corel, I do my pp is PS alone and when in bulk, I prefer Lightroom to quickly process tonnes of images. OK so for my sky shots, I do exposure blending. I had prescribed the r ecipe for that before in this same thread, citing a horse pic as an example!

@clevermax: Personally I think this picture one of the best ones in spite of it's simplicity (or may be because of it....?)

Black and white pictures always seem to be much more thought provoking and have a deeper meaning than color ones. Even at times when the same picture is seen in the two settings, the B&W seem to stand out and make you tend to stare at it and think... Is it just me or others also feel like that?

Thanks a lot Exhaust_Note, and you wrote my exact thoughts about b/w. The moment I opened this picture, I made it b/w and did further processing on the b/w picture. Somehow I never felt like preserving the colors in it.

@TG: Thanks a lot, I think its the first time a different type of sky from you - looks hazy... but it adds to the beauty of the shot.

Hey is it raining afar on the left half of the bottom picture? Really nice capture.

Thats right. The sky was really dramatic, rain and the same time partially bright . Far on the right and left it was raining and the middle part was so bright. Could not get the rain on right side in this composition

Hi SJ, you are painting different images on the same frame (same viewing angle from your house as earlier) !! Very interesting and awesome work. Are they done in panorama mode or you are cropping them to get that effect ? Keep it up, great work.

Hi SJ, you are painting different images on the same frame (same viewing angle from your house as earlier) !! Very interesting and awesome work. Are they done in panorama mode or you are cropping them to get that effect ? Keep it up, great work.

You got the point, all those were shot from my apartment terrace. I cropped them in pacasa for the panoramic feel and added bit of graduated tint.

Have you taken your D90 outdoors ? I really waited somany days to see some day time outdoor snaps from your new tool. Infact my traget was to buy the D90, I think I posted that earlier too. But compromised on the price part and got myself D60 with 2 lenses (18-55 and 55-200).